Ideally, you should have at least 5 years relevant work experience or a technical qualification in science or engineering and a minimum of a second level qualification (High School Diploma, Leaving Certificate, A or O Levels, etc).

These are conversion courses to help people leverage off their qualifications and work experience to move into a career in pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing. They are not for fresh graduates.

We’ve had people from Production, Manufacturing, Engineering/Maintenance, Construction, Project Management, Architecture and Design, Food Production, Aircraft Maintenance, Quality, Science and IT and other roles take this course and successfully make the transition to a new role in pharma.

If you are unwilling to devote at least 15 hours a week for the duration of the course and an additional 5 to 10 hours a week to your job hunt (if you are transitioning into the industry) or if you are looking for a shortcut to an internationally recognised academically accredited qualification, this is not for you.

We will then contact you to arrange an interview over the phone or with a Skype call. Do bear in mind that these are academically accredited courses so you have to meet both GetReskilled and the Dublin Institute of Technology entry requirements.

Taking the Course

Online courses can start off great, but staying motivated can be a challenge. So, you’ll get regular feedback reports (and emails or phone calls if you fall behind) to keep you on track. In addition, people can get very isolated studying online so we reach will reach out to you regularly to make sure everything is going fine.

Finding a Job

Ireland: Job prospects are excellent. Currently there are a large amount of jobs available in the Pharma Industry in Ireland. In 2015, over 3,100 jobs were available and so far in 2016 there has been over 350 new jobs each month.

USA: After a period of consolidation job prospects have improved enormously over the last few years.

We don’t find jobs for people, what we do is we train you to be ready for a job. We help you to write your CV for a particular job that you are targeting. Throughout the course you will receive career coaching content that will go through everything from CVs to interviews to networking to where to start looking for a job. The content was developed by people who work in pharmaceutical recruitment with first-hand knowledge and expertise on what is being looked for in the job application process

Finally we keep you up to date on the jobs available. We go through hundred’s websites and collate that information into one single location making your job hunt as easy as possible. Each job is hyperlinked to the company’s website so that you can start applying straight away.

We recommend allowing at between 5 to 10 hours a week every week for at least 20 weeks to give you the best chance of a successful transition into the industry. This process will be covered extensively in the career coaching section of the course.

Pharma jobs are well paid (30% above average) and thus are highly sought after. You are going to have competition with other people with your job hunt so you be prepared to work hard to get a job that will be secure and well paid.